Phil, a teenager, disappears and his friend Danny talks to people in town in an attempt to locate him. Danny learns that Phil was under enormous stress from his parents, football coach and teachers.

A criminal gang sets out to pull off the heist of a large army payroll.

Themes of voyeurism and unrequited love compliment Poe's classic of murder and insanity in this superbly suspenseful loose interpretation. Anxiety-stricken librarian Edgar Marsh becomes infatuated with his next-door neighbor, but when he can't have her, he resorts to murder.